Electus - Chapter 494

“I don’t want your diseased soul in my body!” Eric hollered, not appreciating how he was floating above the ground against his will.

Keeping a casual look on her face, Jaluuti softly reassured. “I’m not giving you a choice, you will accept my help, demons can’t kill my people.”

Understanding the complexion of Eric’s refuse, the spirit lady proceeded to add. “As for my soul entering your body, don’t worry. You’ll only become more powerful, there is no bad effect.”

“Has this been done before?” Sekun asked, trying really hard not to punch the unliving shit out of the lady.

The Calidum Lutum can’t be harmed from spirits at an equal pace from what the rest of the group had to go through, so Sekun definitely has an upper advantage for a full scaled attack.

Breaking in the conversation, Qutalis deciphered. “Yes, about 1,100 years ago… a lava spirit sacrificed himself when all of our grand masters died.”

“Why did all the grand masters die?” Rash asked, fearing that this tribe is hiding a lot of topics.

“That’s a long story, but it’s safe… I think. The grand master still lives to this day, you can meet her soon.” The old man was agile to reply, wanting everyone to agree with this idea.

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The group made their way down to the big staircase that stands right in the middle of the massive town, behaving like a passage for every section.

Reaching the end of the staircase took a while, but at the end they reached what looked like a bigger doorway, not to forget a massive opening behind it.

The other side of the 20 foot wide doorway featured a massive lava pool, definitely not bigger than the one in the old Lan Zhe but we can’t undervalue its size either.

The pool stretched 100 meters wide, fairly circular although it had some sharp edges as well. The lava here felt hot obviously, but not hotter than the one in the old Lan Zhe.

No no, the lava there could burn masters themselves if they reached down too close.

While here the rules shift differently for some reason, the whole gang is down here close to the lava and the heat isn’t forcing them to pass out.

Eric could feel the lack of extraordinary heat here, the moment his feet met with the ground again.

“The rules here are really different.” Sekun pointed it out, knowing that Eric is too mad to talk right now.

“Different?” Jaluuti asked, legitimately confused.

Quick to answer when the topic is about his town, Sekun cited. “Yes, in Lan Zhe the lava was so hot that only the grand masters could endure it.”

Trying to keep the attitude kind, Qutalis casually added. “Oh that’s weird, this is just lava. It can’t kill anyone unless they fall in… I can see Lan Zhe had stronger connections with spirits.”

“I don’t think spirits can heat up lava but sure.” Eric added, looking at one of the three humans seated in front of the lava.

Another thing particularly interesting about this pool, were the rows of Ignite gems granting another ray of illumination.

The Ignite gems are planted all around the pool, circling and glowing in a purple matter that was quite easy on the eyes, half shunned away by the lava’s illumination even.

“My brothers and sisters, I have brought you the golden blood.” Qutalis expressed, in another way requested for them to stand up.

“Oh he’s awake?” The one in the middle pointed out the obvious as she stood up to face the young man.

“Yes and your friends gave me a migraine right away.” Eric replied, carrying a tired face, it’s not quite easy to notice surroundings through and through after sleeping for 2 days.

“What does he mean?” Another one of the grand masters asked once facing them, he has a short trimmed white beard and carried a bit of hair on his head.

Breaking the confusion, Jaluuti calmly replied. “Your prediction was right grand master, danger is near and we have to act quick.”

“I didn’t want to believe him but… demons being in Ignis should have been alarming to us in the beginning.” Another one of the grand masters recited after he stood up and faced the golden blood.

He carries long white hair, they reach all the way down to the waist, truly beautiful to see a grand master with such fashion choice.

Afterwards before anyone could say anything, the three grand masters bowed down in that cat position, almost kissed the ground as well.

“We are happy to meet your presence, golden blood.” The three grand masters uttered all at the same time.

“Please rise, I don’t like these formalities.” Eric demanded, his vision still blurry because of the long slumber.

“These traditions are over 9,000 years old my king, please respect them.” The lady grand master requested, and afterwards revealed. “My name is Huna.”

Pointing at the grand master with the short beard, she deciphered. “That’s Justak.”

Granting attention to the one with long hair after, Huna cited. “And that man is Rashlam.”

Fixing their focus on the young man’s eyes, the grand masters spoke at the same time. “We are at your service.”

“I respect your welcome grand masters but these people are telling me something about Jaluuti sacrificing herself. Is that a good idea? Can it kill me or make me go insane?” A heavy question to ask indeed, but that’s why they came down here after all.

Wearing a wider smile on her face, Huna pushed her golden hair back and cited. “I’m living proof that it can be done, the past lava spirit sacrificed himself after the first attack! It can’t kill you my king.”

“First attack?” Eric questioned, being remembered once more about this alarming topic.

“That’s a story for another day.” Qutalis interrupted, nervous and dashing by tone with that prime intent to switch the topic.

Looking at the grand masters, the old man continued. “We have to start the ritual now, Jaluuti will go back to Calidus and our king will be one step closer towards saving our home… our continent.”